The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-01-09

the wall yondera photograph OF Andrew
Jackson. As ydA nil Observe he did not
travel on his looks. If he had decided to
travel on his locks, he never would have
city. 1t is hard2y-6eeessary for me tosin-
community. If&on have never been be-
fore him in capskfsy personally disagree
able to yourselva, you have doubtless real
or heard of his uskErances''
Mr. Winfield commenced by saying that
he had not expeotRd to be able to speak,
but knowing that his wasia subject of
historical nature, he jotted down what
he thought would be appropriate. II con-
! graduate you, he said, Tin again fighting,
SO successfully, the battle of New Orleans.
am glad to be in this contest with you,
and would like to be permitted to observe
that had New Orleans been in this latitude,
Andrew jackson would never have been
heard of. But the battle of New Orleans
was like the birth of st. Paul, a little ont
of season, and hence could only be regard
ed as an emphatic assurance to the mother
country that it YVES rather type of phys
ical and independc ut child" Mr.. Winfield
then delivered an enthusiastically cheered
| speech en- Andrew Jackson as the exponent
of American Democracy.
Governor Lbbeft was next introduced to
respond to the toast "The Democracy of
New Jersey" re did respond in the best
| speech of his life. Among other things he
SAID; II am NJ free trader but believe
that the Democratic party is in dirty
bound to perform the pledges and to keep
those made when Grover Cleveland was
elected president. And 1 say it is the par
amount duty of the Democratic party ia
Congress to reduce federal taxation SO that
there shall be no surplus in the treasury.
| [Cheers.l believe that, in getting the
amount of revenue necessary to honestly
and economically administer this govern
ment, the men who labor in the factories
and workshops of our land should be pro-
| tected as well as the manufacturers and
corporations [Gheers.1 If you tie up
every year S100, 900, GOO of money in the
treasury vaults you take just so much cap
ital that otherwise would employ honest
labor. [Cheers.l / knew that it is impog-
sible tor 9nen TO have employment
unless there is proper protection
| to capital Employed in manufacturing
| enterprises but know this also. that in
ell the laws shat impose tariff duties there
is not one syllable, not one word for the
protection OF the men who toll in the fac
tories and &hops; and l. say that no man
engaged in any manufacturing enterprise
should have protection that grinds down
OF reduces the wages Of bis employees.
prolonged cheers As to the princi pies
Of Andrew Jackson, they say they were in
effect, To the victor belongs the spoils
/ A Voice, $50 it is, " and cheers Perhaps
that is an offensive way of putting it. I
will put it in another shape. I believe that
prplic Office is public trust, but believe
also that the execution of that trust is
safely entrusted only to the men who elect
the public servants prolonged cheers. ]
The Governor then reiterated his we'll
known belief that under Democratic adj
ministration every place should be filled
by Democrat as long as there was good
one to be found, and that on the party con-
trolling thsse administration should rest the
responsibility of government, and was
loudly cheered. He referred briefly to the
mugmump, and in conclusiod said: +"
am willing in the future, as [ have in the
past, to stand with the old party of jefferson
and jackson, in vic DRY or defeat. love it
i because believe, from study and thought,
that the principles of the party are for the
/ best interests of this nation. In conclu-
sion, I say that the Democracy of this land.
whenever they want to point to an exam
pie of continued and faithful pride in the
Democratic arty, it can point to the glo-
1,ous little State of New Jersey and her
Democratic citizens"
At the conclusion Of the Governors
speech, Ria. Noonan proceeded to read
some letters of regret. He picked ap 4
letter from Mayor 1inken and said:
Il have heresa market report. [Cheers.
/ begins H. L. Iimken, dealer in hay, feed
etc. IContinued cheering Then Cen
gresamaa McAdeo was introduced, and re
spoaded to the toast, @The Seventh Con
gressional District, in O speech quito al
eloquent as the Governors. He was vo
ciferously cheered many times.
| Mayor sClevelaad, wac next introduced
by Mr. &oonan, srho said s'The chief occu
patton of Mayer of Jersey City is to fnC
out what he hast do and if he discover
what lis duties as Mayor he is in grea
luck"
Mr.. %Clevelands made the funniest speecl
of the evening. When he concluded
three hearty cheer were given for Mayo
| Cleveland. The next speaker was Clerk il
Chancery McDermott, who made beauti
full address. which it is regretted could no
be published hy reason of the lateness O.
the h 5ur- Toas Master Noonan then ia
tredueed Job H. Lippincott. In introduc
ing the gentleman, Eosoan said that il
arranging the toasts it was proposed TO ado
8 rats to the toast, NGfvl Service Re-
form, as Mr.. Lippinco,tt.sh said that ht
knew nothing abont Sspsu service, Rus h
was way up on rats.
"IwIll not delay the performances long
err" Mr.. Noonan said, ''e1cept to say that
Mr.. Lippi lcott few nacznents ago said
he would be damned If he would respono
to any toast. But there is an implied con
tract on the part of sv cry man present who
got his dinner free to inake speech.
Mr.. Lippineott Admitted the remark
but said to relieve Mnaself of the implied
contract he had paid a IS bill&er his ticket
The last time he was called upon to re.
spond to toast was during the last cam
paign, when he responded till he couldn't
find his way home. He succeeded in max
ing bright little Speech however.